Count Basie - Basie At Birdland (1961)

1.Little Pony 
2.Basie 
3.Blues Backstage 
4.Blee Blop Blues 
5.Whirly-Bird [Vocal Version] 
6.One O’Clock Jump (Theme) 
7.Good Time Blues 
8.Segue in C 
9.One O’Clock Jump               play
10.Easin’ It 
11.A Little Temp, Please 
12.Corner Pocket 
13.I Needs to Be Bee’s With 
14.Discommotion                 play
15.Segue in C 
16.Whirly-Bird 
17.One O’Clock Jump (Theme) 

Personnel:
Count Basie - Piano 
Eddie Jones - Bass 
Marshall Royal – Clarinet, Sax Alto 
Sonny Payne - Drums
Frank Wess - Flute, Sax Alto and Tenor 
Freddie Green - Guitar
Charlie Fowlkes - Sax Baritone 
Frank Foster - Sax Tenor 
Budd Johnson - Sax Tenor 
Henry Coker - Trombone 
Quentin Jackson - Trombone 
Benny Powell - Trombone
Sonny Cohn - Trumpet
Lennie Johnson - Trumpet 
Thad Jones - Trumpet
Snooky Young - Trumpet 
Jon Hendricks - Vocals.

Yes, the New Testament Basie orchestra could really swing (particularly in live recordings, I think) and this is an explosive and swinging album with (as if things weren't swinging and hip enough) Jon Hendricks taking a virtuoso vocal flight on "Whirly-Bird", interacting beautifully with the very much live orchestra... ---Nikica Gilic

Count Basie is *the* name for Big Band jazz. This album gives a great look at his work and influence over all the Basie bands. The quality of the recorded songs is far higher than other Basie albums. I run Linux (Fedora), and since Amazon is dragging their feet on a Linux Album Downloader I ran it through Wine and downloaded the album. It was worth it! If you want some amazing jazz tracks recorded at high quality, this is the album to get. ---M. Cronenworth

When this album was recorded (live) in 1961, the Count Basie orchestra was experiencing a massive resurgence. No longer known only as "one of the stars of the Swing Era," Basie's big band got a major shot in the arm (in the late '50s & early '60s) via the dynamic compositions and arrangements of Neal Hefti, Frank Foster (also tenor saxophonist), and Ernie Wilkins. (A few years hence, Basie and band would go on to accompany Ol' Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, both live and in the studio.) Basie's outfit of the day featured such talents as Thad Jones, Frank Wess, and guest singer Jon Hendricks. Which isn't to say the Count wouldn't revisit his own past triumphs--such as "One O'Clock Jump"--but BIRDLAND is primarily the "new" Basie outfit in all its roaring, hard-swinging glory.

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